Medical Scientist Training Program

描述(由申请者提供)：目标是更新和增加对辛辛那提大学医学院(UCCOM)医生科学家培训计划(PSTP)的MSTP资金，该计划为国家生物医学研究、教学和病人护理事业贡献训练有素的医生科学家。UCCOM和辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心拥有庞大的研究基础和基础设施，拥有足够广度、深度和校外支持的教职员工和研究生课程，将PSTP预科学生的数量从每年6人增加到10人。学生人数的增加将带来更大的临界质量、机构可见度和稳定性。MSTP的资助使我们作为一流的项目得到了更多的认可，在过去的四年里，我们来自顶尖学生的申请数量翻了一番。申请者被评估的标准是：1)本科课程和研究成就，2)推荐信的质量和内容，3)MCAT和/或GRE的表现，4)职业目标陈述和对医学博士/博士结合的价值的看法。达到这些目标的程度，以及5)获得医学博士/博士学位所提供的重大研究和医疗机会探索的证据。学位。招募人数不足的少数族裔仍然是该方案的一项主要优先事项。最低综合学位要求是：医学基础科学基础课程、高级研究生课程和选修课、博士资格考试、博士论文及其辩护、研究和医学中的法律和伦理问题、医疗实践临床基础、USMLE第一部分和第二部分、临床能力、临床助理和代理实习。方案部分，包括方向、医学博士学位。学生组织、医生顾问、生物医学科学系列、双周午餐会、杰出讲师系列、高级弹性时间和社交活动相结合，共同创造了促进医生-科学家成长和发展的杰出环境。内科医生-科学家经过个别培训，将医疗实践知识的广度与严谨的科学调查的深度结合起来。因此，他们能够进行临床观察，开发假说以在实验室进行测试，并将由此产生的发现带回临床实践。为了利用基因组测序和分子医学的最新进展，我们需要训练有素的医学博士和博士学位的内科科学家来改善医疗保健结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective is to renew and increase MSTP funding for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM) Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) which contributes well-trained physician-scientists to the national biomedical research, teaching and patient care enterprise. UCCOM and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have a large research base and infrastructure with faculty and graduate programs of sufficient breadth, depth, and extramural support to increase the number of PSTP matriculants from 6 to 10 students per year. Increasing student numbers will give greater critical mass, institutional visibility and stability. MSTP funding has given us greater recognition as a first-rate program and we have doubled the number of applications from top quality students over the past 4 years. Applicants are evaluated on 1) undergraduate course and research accomplishments, 2) the quality and substance of recommendation letters, 3) performance on MCAT and/or GRE, 4) statement of career goals and perception of the value of the combined M.D. /PhD. degree in reaching these goals, and 5) evidence of significant exploration of research and health care opportunities afforded by gaining the M.D. /PhD. degree. Recruitment of underrepresented minorities continues as a major priority of the program. Minimum combined degree requirements are: basic science foundation courses in medicine, advanced graduate courses and electives, Ph.D. qualifying exam, Ph.D. dissertation and its defense, Legal & Ethical Issues in Research and Medicine, Clinical Foundations of Medical Practice, USMLE parts I and II, clinical competency, clinical clerkships and an acting internship. Programmatic components, including orientation, the M.D./PhD. student organization, physician advisors, biomedical science series, biweekly lunch meetings, a distinguished lecturer series, senior flex time, and social events, combine to create an outstanding environment to foster the growth and development of physician-scientists. Physician-scientists are individually trained to combine the width of knowledge of medical practice with the depth of rigorous scientific investigation. As such, they are individuals who are able to make clinical observations, develop hypotheses to test in the laboratory and bring the resulting discoveries back to clinical practice. To capitalize on the recent advances in sequencing the genome and in molecular medicine, we need well-trained physician-scientists with both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees to improve health care outcomes.